Hame-fastener



(No Model.)

E. MORGBNROTH. HAMB PASTENBR.

No. 427,596. Patented May 13, 1890.

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EDWIN MORGENROTH, OF BOLTGNVILLE, WYISCONSIN.

HAM E-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,596, dated May 13,1890.

Application filed January l0, 1890. Serial No. 336,494. (No modell) To@ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN MORGENEOTH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boltonville, in the county of Washington and State ofVisconsin, have invented a new and useful Haine-Fastener, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in haine-fasteners.

The object of the present invention :is to simplify and improve theconstruction of hamefasteners and enable the haines to be quicklysecured together and separated and adj usted to different-sized collars.l

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangementof parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a haine-fastenerconstructed in accordance with the invention. `Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional View. A Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the sections orstraps.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a section or strapconstructed of metal and provided at one end with a hook 2,

' that is designed to engage the ring of one ot a pair of hames andhaving at its other end integral box-loops 3 and et, that are arrangedupon the upper face and provide a casing to receive the other section orstrap 5 of the The section or strap l has secured to its lower face aspring 6, that is slightly curved and conforms to the adjacent sectionand has its free end terminating in a depending handle or thumb-piece 7.The spring is provided on its upper face, near its free end,with a pin8, that extends through a perforation 9 of the strap or` section and hasits ends beveled and adapted to engage openings 10 of the section orstrap 5, whose end is provided with a hook 11, similar to the hook 2 ofthe other section or strap. The openings 10 are shouldered in onedirection and have their opposite walls inclined and adapted to engagethe beveled end of the pin S, whereby the sections are adapted to bereadily moved together to tighten the haines. The sections may quicklybe disengaged by drawing the spring 6 away from the section or strap,and in order to guide the spring the section or strap 1 is provided witha depending loop 12, that is preferably formed integral with thesections or straps and serves to protect the handle of the spring G andprevent the sections being accidentally separated.

In order to facilitate the operation of the device and enable thesections to be readily separated or moved upon each other to tighten thehaines, they are provided, near their hooked ends with dependingthumb-pieces 18 and 1li, the latter of which, when the parts areassembled, serves as a guard for the sprin an d prevents the latterbeing drawn away and the parts separated by an animal rubbing against afence-post or other surface.

It will readily be seen that the haine-fast ener is simple andinexpensive in construction, adapted to be readily connected to theordinary form of haine, and capable of being readily operated to tightenor separate the hame.

Having described my invention, what I claim is In a hame-fastener, thecombina-tion of the section 1, provided on its upper face with the loops3 and tand havi ngthe dependingloop 12, the section 5, provided with aseries ot openings 10, shouldered in one direction and having theiropposite walls inclined, the spring secured to the lower face of thesection 1 and terminating in a handle and provided with a beveled pin S,adapted to engage the openings of the section 5, and the thumb-pieces orhandles 13 and 14, one of said thumlrpieces being arranged to guard thespring when the parts are assembled, snbstan tially as and for thepurpose described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDVIN IWIORGENROTH.

Witnesses:

1 C. SoHULEE, F. M. SCHULER.

